HERA 
was unfortunately drowned in the Thames, near, Eton, 
June 29,1794; and was fucceeded by his brother, John- 
James, the fixth and prefent earl. The prefumptive heir 
is Edward, brother to the earl. 
Creations. —Baron Waldegrave of Chewton, in the 
county of Somerfet, January 20, 1685; Vifeount Chew- 
ton, and Earl Waldegrave, in the county of Northamp¬ 
ton, September 13, 1729. 
Residences. — Naveftock Park, in the county of 
Eifex ; and Haver Place, in the county of Kent. 
Armorial Bearings. —Seethe annexed Engraving. 
Motto.— Caelum, non animum .—“You may change 
your climate, but not your mind.” 
ASHBURNHAM, EARL OF ASHBURNHAM. 
JOHN ASHBURNHAM, Earl of ASHBURN¬ 
HAM, Vifcount St. Afaph, and Baron Alhburnham ; 
LL.D. born Odtober 30, 1724; and fucceeded to the 
title upon the death of his father, March 10, 1737. He 
was appointed one of the lords of the bedchamber to 
George II. and July 14, 1753, ranger and keeper of St. 
James’s Park and Hyde Park. He religned both thefe 
employments in 1762, and was promoted, November 10, 
1775, to be groom of the ftole to his majcfty, which of¬ 
fice he religned in March, 1782. His lord'lhip married, 
June 28, 1756, Elizabeth, daughter of Ambrofe Craw¬ 
ley, of Crawley, in the county of Suffolk, efquire ; by 
which lady, who died in February 1781, he had ifTue, 
George, vifcount St. Afaph, born February 2, 1758, and 
died February ^following ; George, vifcount St. Afaph, 
heir apparent, fummoned to the houfe of lords, as baron 
Afhburnham, March 23, 1803; born December 25,1760; 
married, Auguft 28, 1784, Sophia, third daughter of 
'Thomas, firft marquis of Bath, by whom, who died 
April 9, 1791, he had George, born Oilober 9, 1785 j 
Elizabeth ; Sophia; and John, a captain in the 7th regi¬ 
ment of foot. He married, fecondly, July 25, 1795, 
Charlotte, eldeft daughter of Algernon earl of Bever¬ 
ley, and has ifTue afon. Henrietta-Theodofia, bornNo- 
, vember 8, 1759. Jemima-Elizabeth, married February 
s6, 1785, James duke of Montrofe, and died September 
18, 1786. Elizabeth-Frances, born May 10, 1763. Theo- 
dofia-Maria, married to Robert Vyner, efq. of Gautby, 
in Lincolnfliire, and has ifTue. 
The family of Afhburnham is defcended from Ber¬ 
tram de Efhburnham, conftable of Dover-caftle in the 
reign of king Harold, which place he bravely defended 
againft William the Conqueror, who ordered his head 
to be ftruck off, together with thofe ,of his two fons, 
Philip and Michael. Sir John Afhburnham, in the reign 
of James I. married Elizabeth, daughter of fir Thomas 
Beaumont, of Staugfiton, in the county of Leicefter, 
knight; by which lady, who was after his deceafe 
created by Charles I. baro.nefs of Cramond in the king¬ 
dom of Scotland, he haddffue, 1. John, groom of the 
bedchamber and a confidential fervant of king Charles. 
He attended that monarch in his confinement at Carif- 
brook-caflle in the ifle of. Wight, and incurred the re. 
fentment of Cromwell, by whom he was committed to 
the Tower, where he continued till the death of the 
u fur per. He died June 15, 1671. 2. William, who en¬ 
tered into the military fervice of Charles 1. and endured 
a fiege of four months in the town of Weymouth, in 
1644. .He died in December 16.79. John, grandfon of 
John, Was by William III. created baron Afhburnham; 
and' had ifTue, 1. William, fecond. lord Afhburnham. 
2. John, third lord Afhburnham. 
John, third lord Afhburnham, was by George II. 
created vifcount St. Afaph, and earl of Afhburnham ; 
and appointed, November 23, 1731, captain of the yeo¬ 
men of the guard, which office he refigned in 1733. He 
married, firft, Mary Butler, daughter of James duke of 
Ormond, who died without furviving ifTue, January 12, 
17x2. He married, fecondly, Henrietta, daughter of 
William, ninth earl of Derby, and widow of John An- 
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neftey, earl of Anglefea; and by her had iffue, Henri- 
etta-Bridget, who died unmarried, Auguft 8, 1732. His 
lordfliip married, thirdly, Jemima Grey, daughter of 
Henry duke of Kent; and by her, who died July 27, 
1731, had John, the prefent earl, who fucceeded to the 
titles on the death of his father, March 10, 1737. 
Creations.— Baron Afhburnham, of Afhburnham, 
in the county of SufTex, May 30, 1689; Vifcount St. 
Afaph, in the principality of Wales, and EarlofAfh- 
hurnham, May 14, 1730. 
Residences.— Afhburnham Place, in the county of 
SufTex ; and Chelfea, in the county of Middlef'ex.—• 
Town-houfe, in Dover-ftreet. 
Armorial Bearings. —See the annexed Engraving. 
Motto.— Le roi et I’ejlat. —“ The king and the ftate.’ f 
HOWARD, EARL OF EFFINGHAM. 
RICHARD HOWARD, Earl of EFFINGHAM, 
and Baron Howard of Effingham, in Surrey, Secretary 
and Comptroller to the Queen; born February 21, 1748; 
fucceeded his brother, Thomas, the late earl, November 
15, 1791 ; married, June 14, 1785, Mifs March, daugh¬ 
ter of John March, efq. of Warefley Park, in the county 
of Huntingdon. 
This noble family is a branch of the Howards dukes 
of Norfolk. Thomas, fecond duke of Norfolk, marry¬ 
ing to his fecond wife Agnes, filter to fir William Tiney, 
had a fon, William, who by queen Mary, in 1353, was 
created baron Howard of Effingham ; and March 20, 
I554> conftituted lord high admiral of England, Ireland, 
and Aquitaine. He was farther conftituted, in 1557, 
lord chamberlain of the houfehold, which office he ex¬ 
changed, July 13, 1572, for that of lord keeper of the 
privy feal, and died January 21, 1573, leaving iffue, 
Charles, fecond lord Howard of Effingham; and William. 
Charles, fecond lord Howard of Effingham, was con¬ 
ftituted by queen Elizabeth, April 24, 1574, lord cham¬ 
berlain of her majefty’s houfehold; and alfo, in 1585, 
lord high admiral of England, Ireland, and Aquitaine. 
He was the invincible commander of that Briti/h fleet, 
by which the Spaniffi armada was defeated, in 1588 ; and 
of another fquadron, which failed-againft Cadiz in 1396. 
He was created, October 22, in that year, earl of the 
county of Nottingham ; and married Catharine, daughter 
of Henry Carey lord Hunfdon ; and had iffue, Charles, 
fecond earl of Nottingham ; and by a fecond wife he had 
ilfue, Charles, third earl of Nottingham; upon whofe 
death, April 26, 1681, that title became extinft. 
William, younger fon of William firft lord Howard of 
Effingham, was grandfather of Francis, who had iffue, 
1. Francis, fifth lord Howard of Effingham. 2. George, 
lather of Thomas, who embraced the military prolel- 
fion, was taken prifoner at the battle of Almanza, March 
J 3» i7°7> he was difmiffed from public fervice by 
queen Anne, and reftored and promoted by George 1. 
and II. He.married Mary, daughter and heir of Wil¬ 
liam Morton, lord bifhop of Meath, in the kingdom of 
Ireland; by which lady be had iffue, George, who was 
made governor of Chellea-hofpital. He was promoted 
to the rank of general in the army, and made colonel of. 
the firft regiment of dragoon guards. He was elected, 
in 1774, knight companion of the mojt honourable order 
of the bath. Sir George Howard married, firft, Lucy, 
daughter of Thomas firft earl of Strafford; by which 
lady, who died April 27, 1771, he had iffue,. Lucy, 
married to Richard Vyfe, lieiuenant-colo.nel of the firft 
regiment of dragoon guards. He married,, fecondly, 
May 22, 1776, Elizabeth, reliift of Thomas fecond earl 
of Effingham. 
Francis, .fifth lord Howard of Effingham.,, had iffue, 
1. Thomas, fixth lord Howard of Effingham. 2. Francis, 
feventh lord Howard of Effingham, vvho by George iff 
was created earl of Effingham. 
Thomas, fecond earl of Effingham, his fon, married,. 
February 14, 1745, Elizabeth,, daughter of Peter Beck'. 
lord, 
